Join us at iMatch and meet / pitch to the following panelists:

·    Ashwin Navin, i/o ventures (new!)
·    Paul Bragiel, i/o ventures (new!)
·    Jupe Tan, Plug and Play (new!)
·    John Mactaggart, Australian Association of Angel Investors
·    Aydin Senkut, Felicis Ventures
·    James Hong, Hot or Not
·    Bob Lin, Multi-Dimensional Venture Partners
·    Alberto Yépez, Trident Capital

Up to 20 start-up companies will get the opportunity to pitch our esteemed panelists.  More panelists to be announced at a later date.

What is i.Match International?
i.MATCH International is an innovative platform that facilitates Seeds to Series A fund-raising of Media Content and Interactive and Digital Media (IDM) companies by introducing them to sector investors. The platform is open to local and international investors and entrepreneurs.

Our panelists:
John Mactaggart, Australian Association of Angel Investors (AAAI): The current Chairman of AAAI, John has extensive experience across many industries from food processing to computer hardware and software. Through JL Mactaggart Holdings, John has provided venture capital to many companies. He has played an important role in guiding Technology One Ltd through its formative years as the nominee of JL Mactaggart Holdings, which is a Founding Shareholder of Technology One Ltd.

Aydin Senkut, Felicis Ventures: Mr Aydin Senkut is the Founder and President of Felicis Ventures and has been an angel investor in promising start-ups since the end of 2005. His portfolio encompasses over 30 companies including Appjet (acquired by Google), Mint (acquired by Intuit), Mochi Media (acquired by Shanda Games) and Powerset (acquired by Microsoft). Prior to starting Felicis Ventures, he was a Senior Manager at Google, responsible for strategic partner development and account management in Asia Pacific (including Japan).

James Hong, Hot or Not: James has invested in multiple start-ups including Slide, Mochi Media, Raptr, Crunchyroll, BitTorrent and Frapp.  He is also the co-founder of the online rating site Hot or Not, that allows users to rate the attractiveness of photos submitted voluntarily by others. Within a week of launching, it had reached almost two million page views per day. Within a few months, the site was immediately behind CNET and NBCi on NetNielson Rating’s Top 25 advertising domains.

Bob Lin, Multi-Dimensional Venture Partners: Bob has more than 25 years of angels and venture investment expertise with multiple IPOs. He also has long history of entrepreneurial start-up and international business, marketing and management experiences. Well-known for launching investment for Avanti (IPO ’95 25x), AltiGen (IPO ’97) and LightLogic (sold to Intel for $400M ’01 for 100x). His other portfolios include Fortinet, Anda Network, MONDAY Tech (sold to Yahoo ’08) etc.

Alberto Yépez, Trident Capital:  A Venture Partner at Trident and will be a Managing Director in Fund VII focusing on Enterprise Software and IT Security. Prior to joining Trident, Alberto was Vice President of Identity Management and Security Strategy at Oracle. He joined Oracle through the acquisition of Thor Technologies, Inc. a Trident portfolio company that was a leading provider of identity management solutions.

1) iMatch International Pitch
a) Submit business proposals/plans by the deadline of 26 February 2010 to ziqi@expara.com.  See www.idm.sg/imatch for submission details.
b) After submitting your business proposal, you will be required to take part in the pre-selection round held on 3 March 2010 and make an elevator pitch to a local investor panel comprises of Walden International, JAIC Asia, Mingly Infocomm Investments etc.
c) You will be informed whether you have been selected as one of the 20 companies to pitch to the international investor panel at i.MATCH International Conference.

2) Panel Discussion
Watch this space for updates.

3) Networking event
There will be a networking event for all registered participants (VCs, industry players, incubators, local start-up companies, etc) to round off i.Match International.
Even if you are not taking part in the event, as an entrepreneur/investor or someone who is interested in the IDM sector, you are still encouraged to attend the panel discussion on 10 March to hear what our international panelists have to share and join us for the networking event!
To register for the event on 10 March 2010, please email Song Ziqi directly at ziqi@expara.com and include:
- a brief profile of yourself (whether you are an entrepreneur/ investor/ industry player and your sector)
- your full contact details, including your name, company, designation, email address and contact number

4) Masterclass Workshop

Separately, in conjuction with i.Match International, Expara will be running a masterclass workshop (held on 1 – 3 March 2010) prior to the pre-selection round for i.Match International held in the afternoon of 3 March 2010.  The workshop will aim to review and improve companies’ business plan/pitches.  Please note that it is not mandatory to register for the workshop in order to submit to i.Match International.
To sign up for the Workshop, please send your details to Ziqi at ziqi@expara.com